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Tbrowing the Boomerang, ~fficer's wife talk c-f diamonds, IJ.B if she had beena duchesi, but he opinioned thl\t M ajor TbeAustralian blacks are as fond of ·throw4,,"'~'t'I':".~ '"1,'1. _. · "·,1 , "~ ~,. , ·.~ t Baddeley must be a ma.n of substo.nce. Cer- ing the boomerang, to see who is the best tainly Colonel Deverill's dl\1,1ghter could man, as some Canadians, with more or lessha.rdlyhave been jewelled from the tiaternal bra.ins, a.re of shooting a.t glass balls thrown resources, which every one know to be from a trap. Each man in boomerang con· m·,agre. _ tests appe!l.rs with hie favorite weapon, A What a lovely woman she was, lolling line of spears is laid on the ground as a b11ck in her chair with the firelight shining boundary. The thrower steps back from it AUTHOR oF "LADY AUDLEY's SECRJ>T," "Wyr,LARD S WmRD," ETc., Ere. on her hair and large hazel eyes. Every a few paces, grasping hia boomeranJl; at one feature was charming, if i;iot altogether end with his right hand. fault less. The nose small and slightly retrovsse, H e advances, raises his arm, with the elwith as lovely as She W as when she was young ?" the mouth rathor large, CHAPTER II.-(CONTINUED.) , Tl full h" carmiue b t" bow bent, above his head, and the convex "That might be saying too mu·c h, I m.ean lips and delicious smile, ie c m eau 1- edge of the weapon downwards. A succession of tenants had occupied Mor- about the loveliness," answered Adrian, fully rounded, the complex~on of crea!DV With a . rai;id, circular movement of the comb within the last ten years, and had smiling; "but to my mind my mother is whiteness, The younger sister wo.s hke a.rm fron;i left to right, he sends the boomerbeen locked upon more or leas coldly by the the prettiest woman of her age that I have her, · only prettier, fre.a~er, mo:e g~rlish, ang on its course, with the concave edge in for and surrounding ~a!llili~s. There is always a ever seen. Of c:mrse, a son is partial. As eyes larger and ~ore bnlhant, hair brighter the direction of the line of flight at the moshade of suspicion m th~ rustic min~ at- for health, well, yes, I think I may say she and mo1e luxuna.nt, mouth smaller and. of ment of delivery. The weapon flies swiftly ' "Ciultoriaisoowellad4:ptedtochildrent2Jai Cutorfa C'1Pe!I Colle, Constlpatloi:i, tachfog to the people who_occupy furmshed is quite well. Would you like her to drive a more exquisite mould, nose less coquettish until it reaches its culminating point, sevenC'recomm=d ltassUl)Criortoanyprescriptlon Sour Stoma.ch, Diarrhrei>, Enicta.tion. t.es d!~ mansions, an idea that if they were all over and see you?" and more dignified, _a fac~ to dream a.bo~t, ty or eighty yards away, and twenty vards liJwwa i.> me." :a-'· bc:axR, M. D., Kills -:/;,~· gives sleep, &nd promo . that they ought to be they wou~d have j "Of course we should, we are dying to a face to celebrate m soJiety verses ad in- above the earth, when it flutters, and himgs lll So. OU:ord flli.· i3rooklyn, N. Y. w&ut injurious medication. housea ot their own. If they are_ rich the ace her," said Helen, whc was not all.shy. finitum. · for an instant in the air. Then it spins back THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 7. Murray Street, N'. Y. neighbourhood wonders where t~e1.r money "If English etiquette were not written in '.l'he clock struck five and startled Su to the thrower, and falls within a few yards comes from. ~f they are foreigners, the blood, like the laws of Draco, we ahould Adria.n from his pleasant forgetfulness o~ :i.11 of him. The palm is given to the thrower neighbourhood is sure t?ey a.~e not all they have made father take us to Lady B elfield thinga but the t~o faces and the ~wo voices whose boome..ang returns and falls the nearo_n~ht to be.. Madame is a ci·devant opera- the day after we arrived here." and the ~ittle glimpses of ~wo hitherto un- est to him. smger, Monsieur has a ta!ent for card-sharp"You don't apprecia.te British conven- known hves, revealed to him by that careIn this ma.nner the boomerang is thrown less prattle. He rose ab ~nee. ing. If they _are Amenc.ana,, and scatt~r tionalities ?" · when its object is a fiyiug bird, so that if it FOR SA.LE BY J. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, BOWM.ANVILLE1 their money ID the lavish Transatlantic .. I detest everything British present "I must really apolog1.s e for the length misses its mark it shall return to the throwstyle, opinion is a.gainst them fro~ the out- company of course excepted. \V; have al- of my first visit," be said. The weapon is thrown differently, when set. The ·only people who are kmdly look- ways had such good times in France and "You wouldn't if you knew how dull we er, used for fighting purposes. ed upon in this co!'.1n.exion ar~ those whose Italy-and as for Switzerland, I feel a.a if I 11.re u,nd how anxious we were ~o see you an~ The thrower runs rapidly forward and denames and belongmgs are plamly set fort_h had been born there. I am longing to be at L1tdy Belfield I I ho1>e she: will come soon, livering it at tbs level of his hip, makes it in DebrPtt, and who have houses of their Vevay or at one of those dear Lil.tle villages said the elder sister. . strike the ground on one of its horns, ten or own in ot~er co:inties. To these are the on Lo.ke Lucerne, now, when your hoi:rid "_She shall come to-morrow," answered twelve yards from him, The weapon then arms of friendship opened. English winter is ree;inning. I can't thmk Adr1a.n. recoohets, flies straight away for sixty yar.is, Col. Deverill wa.s . such a!l one. ~he why father persisted in bringing us here. " Oh, that is too good of you. Please keeping a horizontal line three or four feet Rock, Kilrueh, was b!a ostens1b}e dwe1hng It is almost as bad as the Rock." bring her to lunch. My father will be from the ground, and gradually rises until place; and though hm, rcputalion was by "You don't care for Ireland?" charmed." is spent and falls to the earth. no means untarnished, he was k~own to be "Does. any one do you think? And if "l'm afraid to engage .uer for lunch. I it l!ii.The English author, from whose book we a i;:entleman by birth and to have begun yon knew Kilrush '. but you don't of course." know that in a genera.I way she dislikes have condensed this description of a boomerlife in a crack_ regiment. The .two fact.a "I have never had that privilege." going out so early. Afternoon tea fo ht:r ang contest, also desuibes 1lhe nerve of a that he was an Irishman and had hvedagood "Well perhaps it is a privilege to have passion." stalwart warrior who offered hiwaelf as a "al on the Continent coqnted naturally\ lived in 'the dullest most out.of-the-way "Then bring lier to afternoon tea. She target to the boomerang throwers· · his ~isfavour, a!ld the county looked upon I hole on the surface ~f this earth," retorted . ~hall not discover _us in the hal_l as you did. Grasping a shield of light wood, two feet lam with a qualified ap~roval. Mies Deverill lightly, flinging h~rself back She. sha.~l find ~s !~1 the dra.w1Dg·room be- long, a. foot wide, and four inches thick, he The house was half a mile from the.lodge, in the Liberty chair, and showing rather havm§! hke ladies. . placed himself thirty paces from the boundary and a fairly kept drive wound along the more ankle and instep than the rival estab· Adrian was gl~d. to hear this. . He h~d_ an line of spears, a.nd challenged any one to hit base of a low hill, athwart undula~ilJg pas- !iehment on the other side of th., hearth. idea that the vision of two girls playmg him. ture land dotted here and there with good "There is something - exceptional in the billiards with open doors, and that exclainaHis assailants, standing the other side of old oa.ks ~nd elms, and clusters of ancient fact, of course. But why, being obliged to tion, "your s~ot,:· w:ould hav,e di~p~ra_ged line, threw at him in rapid suocession, but hawthorns and offered Sir Adrian a view of live at the Rock occasionally for duty, my the young ladies m his mothers estimation. one at a time. He, watching them with a Mr. Polla~k's beeves cropping the scanty father should bring us to a: remote Devol!- H~ also hoped that He~en would have her keen eye, avoided a hit, now by a slight sward of late autumn. On the crest of the shire ·village tor pleasure, m more than this ha.tr less ca.releBSly displayed to-morrow movement of his body, and again by catch· hill stood the mansion, a classic villa about feeble intellect of mine can grapple." afternoon. . ing the boomerang on bis shield. He was "I don't think there's much mystery "She sha~l certaml:I'. come to-mo~ow, nn- not hit even once. His nerve was ma.rvela hundred years old, much after the man~er of the Club House at Hurlingham, with about it " said Mrs. Baddeley, "In the first less there is somethmg extra.ordmary to lous,for a blow from a boomerang either kills portico and pediment of whit~ stone, and place father is tired of wandering about tJ;ie prevent her," he said, "and in t~,at case I'll or wounds severely. uniform rows of long French wmdows back Continent· and in the second my husband will send you a note, Mrs. Baddeley. and front, A farge bay window, brok':n be home c~ leo.ve in ~ecem.ber, ,and I must '.'You will not put. us to th': trouble_ of We have now completed arrangements for a big sale of popular goods out forty years before, by an un rosth~tlc be in Eugland to receive him~ So my father bcmg proper for no~hmg. Tba.t is very kmd Business Education. st prices which must take the eye of every economfoal buyer. We keep. Lord Lupton, at the end of the eouth wmg, very goo<l-naturedly suggested a country of you, Good-bye. Business men in Great .Britain and the the best qualities, styles, and assortllic.mt in was the only relief to that faultless uni- place where Frank could sta.'y with us and She rang for. Donovan, the butte:, who a.I?- United States are waking up to the importformity. . get a little huntin' and shootin'. If l<'ra.nk pear_ed five lr'.tnutes ~fterwards, .lust as Sir ance of preparing the next generation ef There were no servants abo1:t. Sir had been obliged to find his own quarters A?nan w:i-s d~s~ppearmg. The sLSter~ went merchants for the work they have to do. Adrian's groom pnlled a bell, which ra.ng the choice would have been between J,onoon with their v;1B1tor to the door, "'.'tuch he Busines;; has greatly chan1ted of lat.a years. for ladies', gents' and.childrens' wear; also in Trunks and Valises. with startling loudness a Jeng wa.y off, peal- lodgings or staying with his own people, opened for himself, and went out mto the It has become so to spt>ak cosmopolitan, ing long and. strong, a.s if it would never both tqu"lly odious for m e." win~y aft~rnoon with ~im, and P.atte~ and com etition is' keener a.nd over a wider Come and see our elegant stock-Cash bought it, 1ow prices will sell it. have done ringing. Sir Adrian alightd, as- l "Mr. Baddeley is in the army, I con· adrrnred his horses, which had waited ID the fi It w"ll ever do for the merchant Our specialty is to please our customers, our aim to save money for our ha.med of the nois': he ha~ caused to be elude." . . . cold ~uch longer tha_n they we~e accusto~ed !a!d his clerks t~ go on in the old humdrum made, flung the rems to his groom, and "Yes, he is a Ma1or ID the Seventeeth to wait. The t':l'o g1r_la stood m the portico wa. Business can no longer be done by patrons, our intention to do better for you than anyone else. Goods went up the steps. The hall doors were Lancers, and has been in India for the laat and wi~tched hi1? d:ive a.wa~, and waved th;"rule of thumb Thoee engaged in it cannot be bought cheaper-none are allowed to undenell us. open,\ and a girl's voice cried, "Your shot, two yea.rs, and_ I'm ~fraid may ,~ave to go white ba.nds to hun hk~ old friends. . must receive a sp~cial training for their Leo, as he approach~d the thresho~d. . bac,k after a. w1n«;r ID ~n~\and. Sca.rcely h~d he driven out ?f ~1ght of occupation. Germ:i-n clerks are elbowin_g 28. This was emba,.a.ssmg, but the s1tnntion ' You return with him? them whe? bis h~art began to fall him as 1;0 English and Amenca.n cl.er ks out of the1.r "Unhappily, no," sighed the lady, "I that promise which he had made about his seats in London 1J.nd New York, The reabecame even more involved when another cannot stand the climate. I tried Indio. for mother. He had been so ready to pledge son of this is that the former are better voice exclaimed "That bell m'cans ano'ther county fai:nily a year, and it fl"a.s something too dreadful. h~r to friendship with these strangers ~ve educated commercially. '.L'hey can speak come to catechise and stare. J e m'esguwe." I was reduced to a shadow, and I looked mmutes ago; and now he began to ask him - and write three or four modern la.nguages; But before the speaker could escape, forty. Now, Helen, on your honour, didn't self whether these two y oungwoll!en, lovely whereas theEnglishmanorjthe[Yankeeknows Adrian ha.d crossed the threshold, and was I look forty when I landed from Bombay?" :-s they were, w:ould not appear mtolerable only his own, and in exceptional cases has a standing, hat in hand, face to face with tw~ "You certainly looked very bad, dear," rn her eyes. His mother was t?e very es- smt\ttering of one or two dead languages. young ladies, dressed as hto had never seen said Helen. "Do you think it would be sence of refinem~nt; and these girls, though The Gerinan, too, is economica.1 as well as girls dressed before, and both of them a. too dreadful to offer Sir Adrian tea at a ass1m:dly charmmg, were nob refin~d- T~ey studious. He can, if needs be, live on five g rea., deal prettier than any girls his ~em- quartor to four," with a glance at a fine old ha.cl a ;eckless free and easy an· whmh dolla.rp a week. The British clerk, both in FY auggest~d to him by wa.y of comp1u·1son. eight-day clock. " Do you ever take tea, ~·ould 3ar upon a woman ~hose s;cluded the Old Country and in Ca.nada, has not "Miss Deverill, I think," he said to one Sir Adrian?" hfe had kept her un~cqua. 1?-ted with t he hitherto seen the necessity uf increasing of the damsels, "my name is Belfield, and "A tea. pot is the favorite companion of newest developments ID soCJety an~ mM!- his intellectual outfit, hut has spent a very I must apologise most humbly for bursting my studious hours," answered Adrian. ners. Young women who .wore their haJX large proportion of his leisure and his money in upon you in this manner." "May I ring the bell for you?" au nat~iret, and showed their nnkles freely, in hiwing "a good time." He is now, how" Yes, please, and you won't laug~ at us were an unkno~!'.1 ra~e to Lady Belfield; ever, beginning to. see that he is being bea~ " Oh, but you could not possi~ly h~lp it. If architects will plan houses with bi!ha.rd and c>l.11 us washerwomen for wantmg tea nor was she fa.!111har wich the.type of you_ng Ien in the race of life by the German. It is rooms on the doorsteps, the occupants must so early. " woman who is thorou~hly at home _with dawning upon him that if he i~ to keep his bear the brunt of thflirfolly," answered the "I promise to do neither; but were ~y stranlj:ers of t~1e opposite sex t~e mmute place in the count~ng. house and in the elder lady gaily. "vVe are very glad to brother here I would not &newer for him. after mtroduction~ La.dy ~elfield s manners world, he must bestir himself and m11.ke up see you, Sir Adrian. This is my sister, He is very severe on my wom&nish pMsion had been formed m the qmet an~ ;eserved for the deficiencies of his education by his Miss Deverill, and I am Mrs . .Baddeley. I for the tea. pot." school: She had. never_ playecl billiards! or own exertions. British edncaoionists, too, 11.m sorry my father is out this afternoon. "Is he very different from you ?" been mtereste~ m racmg, or gambled lD a have taken this matter to heart, and are He would have been charmed to make yonr "Altogether different," Kursaa.l, ()r enJoyedany o_ne of those amuse: taking steps to give the boys of the present a.cquaintance, I know. He has talked " .And yet you are twins. I thought ments which society smiles upon now.a- . generation a good business education. It tremendously a.bout Lady Belfield, whom he twins were always alike." da.1s.. She had been an only dau_ghter and is time. What is being done in Canada. to ha.d the,pleasurl1_ of kLowing quite intimate- · "I believe we are alike in person, except a~ 11e1resa, brought up very strictly, per- prepare the merchants of the near future ly when they wer~ both young. Will yo~1 that Va.lentine is ha1!d~ol!1er, stronger, and ~itted fe,~ amusement~, and only a_chosen for their business? come to the drawrng room, or shall we sit bigger than I. But it is m tastes and char· circle of fnends, knowmg not Hurl~ngh!1m ------------and talk here ? Helen and I make this our acter we a.re unlike. Yet perhaps, after or Ascot, Goodwood .or Ba.den, oe01llatrng den for the most part. You see we have no all, it is mostly a question of health and l;etween a dull house m Lon~on and a d~ller The Drift Cityward. brothers to dispute the ground with us." . physical energy. His robust constitution house. in ~he country, worki~g at her piano The great, brilliant successes are, a.s a "I would much rather ahy here," said bas made~him incline to all athletic exercises consc1ent10u~ly i:nder a f~eh10nable German rule, in our cities. They attract notice. All Adrian. and manly sports, while my poor health has master, cultivating her mmd by the peru.sal men hear of the man who rolled up a fortune Mrs. Baddeley had flung aside her ~ue made me rather womanish. I am oblilled of all the best books of the day, atte!1dmg . in ·a few yea.rs. Only few hear of the twenty while she was talking, and .Miss Dever1ll, to obey the doctors, were it only to sa.t1sfy all the best opera~ and c?ncerts, ?a.ncmg o.t that failed on the same ·lines. "Wh . at is who had been sitting on the table when_he my mother." half-a.score of _aristoci:atic balls m the sea- hit is histoi·y ; what is missed is mystery." Inspe«tion Solicited. first beheld her, was now standing bes~de "If Mr. Belfield is as nice as you arc I son! .and_ kuowmll as little of the world as One C (insequence is that the movement is it flicking the chalkmarks off the cloth with am sure we shall all like him," said Mrs. an mtelhgent child of ten. from the country to the town. Young Victoria Buildings. 1'11JRDOCD BROS. h;r handkerchief, She waa a tall slim girl, Baddelev frankly. " I hear he is abroad "I'm afraid she'll hardl:f lik7 them as Thatcher is not goinp> to plod along year in a straight-skirted sage.coloured velveteen just now." much as I do," thought A~nan, mnocently. after year on the ta.rm when he might with gown, with a short waist and a. broad " Y cs, he is in Paris, en route for Monte "They are s~ frank, so friendly, so. full of less toil make his thousands in the city as a. yellow sash, and with her reddfah auburn Carlo ; but I don't think he will be long life, and so different from all the girls we politician or a man of business. "Why, hair which wi;s superb in hue and tex~ure away. He is very forid of hunting, o.nd have met round about here. I wonder wl;iat there is Baker-I'm just as smart as be isand quality, falling down her back in a won't care to miss too much of it." the father fa like?" and he is near the top of the wheel ; they rippling mass of light and shadow. Her The leisurely butler brought in the tea And then he recalled hia feelings as he say he will soon be an alderman." So the gown was short enough to show a perfect tray, and arranged it comfortably in fr~mt drove a.long this road two hours ago, anc l re- tide is townward. Now it is true that one instep, and a. slender n.nkle, set off by LanCI- · cf Miss Deverill, who was allowed to enioy membered with what a. suspicious mind he may find the best people in the towns, for try shoes and yellow silk stockings. T he a.11 t hose privileges which involved the bad thought of Colonel Deverill, inclined to mind quickens mind ; but yon may also find married sister wore an olive plush tea gown slightest exertion. Mrs. Baddeley was the suspect that gentleman of the most Macchia- the worst· and in this word evil works at a over an Indian red petticoat, red shoes and very l(enius of idleness, and never pickc.:l vellian motives for p 1 .anting himself within tr emendo~s advantage. No better populasteckings, and her hair ·. which was dar~er up a. pocket handkerchief, shut a door1 or easy reach of Belfiel~ Abbey. H~d he ?ot tign for mo:al:i and trustworthiness is found Purify the Blood, correct all Disorders of the than Helen's, rolled 11p ma great untldy buttoned a boot for herself. She required come to Morcomb w1ththe secret mtent1on in any Christian country than those who mass, and fasteMd with a red ribbon.- The to be waited up?n and l~oked aftei: like a of i:enewing_ his old sui~ to t:ady Belfield, cf Ilive by the tilling of. ~he soil. We do not LIVER, ST01'1ACD, KID:NETS AND BOWELS. style and costume were altogether different be.by. She attnbuted this lymphatic con- trymg to wm her for his spoil, now that she ignore the value of cities, but from the regulation afternoon attire in that dition entirely to the twelve months she had was a wealthy widow, her own mistress. " God made the country, and man made tb~ town." They invigorate and restore to health Debilitated Constitutions, a.nd pa.rt of the world, which was generally spent in Bomba.y, which Wll.S supposed to young enough to marry again without pro- and without'building on any forced exegesis are Invaluable ln all Oo1Dplalnts Incidental to Fema.le11 of all Ages, Fo1 severe-'?' tailor gown and a neat lineu to_ have shattere_d ~er nerves and under- voking tco much ridicule from a malevol,ent of this pass~ge we cannot be blind to the Ohildren and the aged they are priceless. collar bemg the rule. mmed her constitut1on. H elen, who had world, tree to marry whom she chose ? 'Yes, fact that city life multiplies and complicates Had S!r Ad~ian seen this kind of pictur- ncve~ been in India,_ was expected to w~ite he h:>d been. incli!1ed t;> au.spec~ the Colonel the problems with which Christian civilizaesque toilette m Bedford Park, on the per- hermstilr's letters, pick up her handkcrcluef, oi h'dden views 1n this direction; and yet tion has to deal No 5 000 000 of country son of a pie.in girl, he would have regarded o.nd t.o find screens to protect her complex ion ha.d he any such scheme it was strange that people in Engla~d pres~nt '60 much that is Is an i nfa.llible remedy for Bad Legs, Bad Breasts, Old Wounds Sore1 it with infinite disgust, for he had all the from the fire by which she sat i>t all times he should not have set about the business cl"scoura ing as you find among t he same and Ulcers. It ls famous for Gout and Rheumatism, For disorders of the masc~line love of neatness and subdued an~ seasons. Helen's maid. was exp.ected to ten years a.g!>, since he had been quite eleven n~mber ~rowded together in London,-[Dr. --Chest lt ha11 no equal.coloring: but both these worr.en ~ere so wait upon her fron;- mornmg te mght, t o years a widower . That such a scheme John Hall, in New Princeton Review for pretty, both were so ?raceful, with the the neglect of Helens wardrobe, should be an after thought would be strange. January For Sore Throats, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, easy gra.ce of perfect self-assurance, that So Helen poured out the te"', and they a.11 And now in his homeward drive, Adrian · - - - - --+------ Glsmdular Swellings, and all Skin Diseases it has no rival; and gracious air of women who are accustomed nestled cosily round the fire, with as inti· was assured that Col. Deverill had come to Greek Oourtships. contracted and stiff joints It acts like a charm. to be admired, approved, and made much mate an air as if they had been friends from the neighborhood in all innocence of mind, of on· all occasions, that bad they been clad childhood. The two women chattered about in his happy-go-lucky Irish way, glad to get There a.re certain old women whose duty in such calicoes as Manchester' manufac- their continental life; their summers at Biar. a cheap hLuse in a picturesque country it is to carry the proposal and bring b1tck Manufactured only at THOMAS HoLLOWAY's Establishment, turee to meet the ta.ate of the untutored ritz or Arcachon, their winters at Nice or at _ _ the answer. These old women know many African, he must have not the less admired Vevav, and of those dreadful penitential (To BE cor;;THi UED.) 78, NEW OXFORD STREET, (late 633, OXFORD STREET), LONDO.Ni love potions which they administer for t hem. periods of residence in Ireland. " .Fa.the1· money. When the old woman goes to pro- And are 11old a.t ls. lfd.' 2s. 9d., 411. 6d. I llB., 22s., and 33s. each Box 01 Pot, ana There was a !1J.r(\'e fire blazing in the wide is afraid of our being boycotted if he once pose she must wear stockings of different may be ha.d from all Medicine Vendorsthroughout the World.: .: It Was Cmious. hall grate, and there were three or four Je- gets the reputation of being an absentee," colors. "She has on stockings of two colors," lil?'htfol arm-chairs (of draped and cushion- explained Helen, "so we ma.ke a point of 6Parch1uer1t honlcl luok a& t!1e lLa.bel on the Pots and BoxH. Uthe r ddre~ J W ife-" Do you know what time it was says a modern Greek rhyme, " methinks we ed bc.mboo) a.bout the hearth, and a scarlet spending three months of every year at Kil- when you " Ot in la.at night?" U · IS33. Oxford Street. Lond.on . tbey are 111111rlona. shall have 'an offer." lf the propos!l.l is reJapo.nned table, suggestive of afternoon tea. rush, and we preteud to be very fond of Hnabanci'-" Nearly one o'clock, I ~uese. fused, the young man is sa.id "to eat gruel." Those chairs with t heir vivid 1·eds and the peasantry on the estate. They really It wa.s after midnight whAn I got through The mrnse of the frequency of these maryellows ; and tassels ancl fringes,. ~nd are nice, warm.heart ed creatures ; though I balancing my books. Well, well ! This is riages de convenience is bo be found in the Liberty silk handkerchiefs tied about them, daresay they would shoot us on the slight- curious; here's my hat under the bed.. I peculiar law of inheri(;a.nce still in \·ogue in had never belonged to Lord Lupton, whose eat provocation. And father has a yv,cht on munt ha.ve hung it on this chair and it fell acme of the remoter Islands. The elder .,,,,}1 O.M.FERRY&CO. Has received her new stock of furniture all dated from the reign of the Sharmon, an d altogether it is not half a down. 'Arhere are my boots?" daughter inherits everything to the exclunro1>dmittecl t o ba the "\IVilliam the Fourth. Chairs and tables bad life. " "On the hat rack." tion of her brothers and younger sisters, Lar~ef~J':i,';,~ftf:en .., were an importation of the :Jeverills,.A<lrian " Speak for yourself, Helen," said her even her mother's embroidered garments saw at a glance. sieter, peevishly ; " yov can bear solitude, n.1~i~~~~~~.~?.~~ ~n.d invites the Ladies of Bow New Congressman at dinner. - \¥aiter 11.nd the slab on which she says her prayers They all three sat down in iront of the I ca.n't. I hope the people about here give tlve ondPr l.cd ""anville and vicinity to call in church. In other parts of Greece no girl SEED .._. fireplace, while the outer doors were ahut decent pa1·ties," she added , turning t o (wt.Jo had seen new Congressman before)- cll.n ever hope to find a husband until she 'S kuse me, boss, but 't.aint good fawm to eat by the butler, wl:>o had come in a leisurely Adrian. ANNUAL and see her Pattern has a house of her own ; hence providing way to ace if that loud pea.ling of the hall " They im i not energetic party-givers. A yo' pie wid yo' knife. New Congressma.n. - his daughters with houses is an onerous ?~ty ForlBSB W ell1 ~vhy in thunder didn't you bring me a willbomaileil· bell were i~ matter requiring his personal couplii ot ballH within a radius uf twenty which falls to the lot of every pa.terfam1has, FREE TOAL!.. atte.u tion. Re closed the dcmble G.oors, put miles and half- a·dozen dinner.~ . constitute a spoon ! and this system results in lei:.ving a very ap~)ics.nts, and and assortment o± T.ne fibre cf silk is the longest continuous large portion of the female population to a._ fresh log on t he fire, and discreetly re· rat her gay seuaon." to h.i!t scuaon'a withcustomers fibrn known. An ordinary cocoon of a welltired. Good heavens, am I to exist all the pass t heir days in single blessedness ; and out 01·de1 ·ing it. "And now tell ue all about L~dy Bel- , w int er upnn t;wo balls !" crkd M>s. Bad- fod silkworm will often reel one thousand where the above-mentioned matriarchal lnvaluab!etc all. Every pereon usi ng field," said the married si8tor, p erching her deley. " I shall forget how to waltz. My yards, 1md accounts are given of a cocoon system is still in vogue, the parents always Carden,FieldorFlower yielding one th<>uaand two hundred and feet upon the old brass fender, and aiford· diamonds will go off colour.from being shut aspire to obtain for their eldest daughter a &TOBE :-Seco·d Door Wed of Willlame ninety -five yards, or a fibre nel'.dy three- good match, a.nd the proposals always come E'E D S1~~1i~al~d~!~~ lw.tcller iDg Aorfan a full view of. arched instep'.; and '. np so long in their cases." stall · bu<1rters of !'I mile in length. Louis heels. "Is she quite well, and is she~ Sir Adrian wondered a little to hear an D. M . FERRY &.co.· Wittdsor.Ont. from the la.dy's family. [Now FIRST Pu;sLISHRD.) [ALL ltIGilTS RESERVED.) LIKE AND UNLIKE. By M. E. BRADDON, 0 i ' , · . , ' · ,' " " · 0 Infants I Children. The ·Prices tell, the Quality sells. 1 BOOTS, SHOES KND SLIPPERS 1l I M. TRELEVEN Dlnrdoch Brothers' N"'EW OEI:IN"'.A.. :S:.A..LL=' where are to be seen 21 Dinner Sets, lovely patterns, 30 China Tea Sets, very pretty, 15 Printed Tea Sets, elegant designs, 50 Superior Printed Bed Room Sets, SEVERAL CASES SUPERIOR GLASSWARE JUST ARRIVED. 20 W'hite Bed Room Sets. I Large variety Hanging and Table Lamps, Fancy Ware, Bohemian and China Cups and Saucers, &c. HEALTH FOR ALL! THE PILLS THE OINTMENT! QW! 6 :R~:P&?i~;5sE-1~ss McTAVISH G-00 D S BONNETS, HATS I " l < TRIMMINGS